On December 6, 2020 at 8pm Central, WFMT will re-broadcast Nick’s 2018 performance of G.F. Handel’s Messiah with the Chicago Symphony, conducted by Matthew Halls.
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CLAIRIÈRES NOMINATED FOR GRAMMY AWARD FOR BEST CLASSICAL VOCAL SOLO ALBUM
Nicholas Phan has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Classical Solo Vocal Album category for his recording Clairières: Songs by Lili & Nadia Boulanger.
This is the second Grammy nomination for Nicholas Phan and his regular collaborator, pianist Myra Huang. The duo were nominated in 2017 for Gods & Monsters, an exploration of great Austrian and German Romantic composers’ meditations on deities and other fantastical creatures. Phan was also previously nominated for his participation in the 2010 recording of Igor Stravinsky's Pulcinella with conductor Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
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“…there was something ineffably satisfying in hearing Phan return to an earlier repertory. Phan’s intrinsically plangent timbre was beautifully showcased in this music, as was his singular gift in straightforward expressivity…Those who doubt the power of music as a panacea in challenging times would have been convinced here; Women of the Baroque easily demonstrated why CAIC has emerged as one of the classiest vocal performance options in the city.”
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During his appointment at Pacific will speak about his own experiences as an Asian American singer managing the biases of the classical and operatic worlds. He will also coach Pacific’s student singers in virtual masterclasses and lessons, and speak about the ways in which his own commitment to artistic citizenship informs his career.
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Boulanger has a distinctive style – she always does something you’re not quite expecting…Phan has an absolutely gorgeous floating sound…Huang is so responsive to Boulanger’s harmonic twists and turns…Very well programmed – an enjoyable listen all the way through…Rewarding and rich recital”. - BBC Radio 3 Record Review
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Nicholas Phan joins pianist-composer Jake Heggie for 'Time - Meditation for the Moment,' a themed recital spanning four and half centuries of music, with songs by Bernstein, Lili and Nadia Boulanger, Britten, Chausson, Dowland, Fauré, Finzi, Ives, Ned Rorem, Howard Swanson, Vaughan Williams and Heggie himself.
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PBS ‘Articulate’ profiles Nick and his collaboration with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society for the Emerging Voices Project
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“Tenor Nicholas Phan was unquestionably the afternoon’s star. From the moment he took the New World Center’s stage, Phan exhibited authoritative command of diverse vocal offerings, an engaging personality and a voice that seemed born to sing French opera and song.” - South Florida Classical Review
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“Phan’s wonderfully poised and precise singing matches it perfectly...It’s hard to imagine these Boulanger songs could have more convincing advocacy.“ - The Guardian
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“the American tenor Nicholas Phan made a very strong impression, with a plush, incisive voice, comfortable with all the expressive and technical rollercoasters of the score, projecting far French of a beautiful quality.” - Tribune de Geneve
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“This tour de force by Phan and the PCMS provides a shot of adrenaline to the Philadelphia chamber music scene, attracting a more diverse audience to discover art songs and the picture they paint of history and social change.“
- Broad Street Review
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“This is the kind of thoughtful, intelligent programming that should be the model in a city like Chicago and sadly isn’t.” - Chicago Classical Review
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“Sunday’s performance in Berkeley’s First Congregational Church did rejoice in tenor Nicholas Phan’s vivid and heroic performance as Judas. This was a clarion account, with the music emerging vigorously at the top of his range” - San Francisco Chronicle
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“it was Phan’s interpretive authority and finesse that gave the evening its shaded colors, nuance, and overall dramatic presence. Again and again he delivered a sense of present-tense musical meaning to the lines…”
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“That was the case Sunday, when its latest iteration included Nicholas Phan, a tenor who, in a short time, has become one of the world’s most remarkable singers."
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With his Italian-sounding Latin pronunciation and the bel canto coloratura Stravinsky wrote into the part, Nicholas Phan’s Oedipus called to mind the tragic heroes of Bellini and Donizetti. His powerful, piercing tenor was ideal for the prideful monarch…
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As a means of furthering CAIC's mission to increase the performance and appreciation of the art song repertory locally, Wednesday's Debussy concert was a treasurable addition to the series, bringing to light exquisite vocal miniatures that seldom surface in recital, in an appropriately intimate, salon-style venue...
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Eugene has been lucky to have Phan return so often during the Bach festivals, and hopefully he will continue to grace our halls in coming years…
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Nicholas Phan sang with extraordinary warmth of tone and clarity of diction…
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